Israël Querido (1 October 1872 – 5 August 1932) was a Dutch naturalist novelist. His novels are sympathetic to workers and the

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Works

*''Menschenwee'', English translation ''Toil of Men''''Current Literature'' 1910 - Volume 48 p211 "One young Dutch writer, in the Groene Week-blad, predicted that "Toil of Men" would live throughout the twentieth century as Rembrandt's picture of the Night Watch lived throughout the seventeenth. It is "inevitable that Querido should be .."

Gallery

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of Israël Querido by

Theo van Doesburg Theo van Doesburg (, 30 August 1883 – 7 March 1931) was a Dutch artist, who practiced painting, writing, poetry and architecture. He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl. He was married to artist, pianist and choreographer Nelly ...

, 1910.

References

1872 births 1932 deaths 20th-century Dutch novelists 20th-century Dutch male writers Dutch socialists Dutch Sephardi Jews Writers from Amsterdam Dutch male novelists {{Netherlands-writer-stub